Police blotter, 4/3: Suspect in purse-snatching sought

North Lebanon crash -- A minivan sets against a house at 322 Ebenezer Road after a three-vehicle crash at 8:51 a.m. Thursday. Ebenezer, Glenn Lebanon and Speedwell fire companies, First Aid and Safety Patrol and fire police assisted police. No police report was available. (Earl Brightbill — Lebanon Daily News)

Lebanon police are looking for a man who snatched a woman's purse on Wednesday.

The woman, whose name was not released, told police that while she was walking in the area of South Eighth and Locust streets about 11:15 a.m., a man riding a bicycle bumped into her and jarred her purse loose. As the woman began to put the purse back on her arm, the man grabbed the purse and wrestled it from her and fled, police said.

The purse was found a short distance away, and nothing was taken.

The man is described as a white male 20 to 30 years old with a mustache. He was wearing a blue, hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans and riding a gray or black 10-speed bicycle.

The woman was not injured.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Lebanon police department at 717-272-6611 or Crime Stoppers at 717-270-9800.

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